Who Actually pays the Majority of Income Taxes in The U.S.?

By Brian Bonner

The great lie of tax breaks for the rich ticks me off, So what is the truth? The Truth is we already have a "Progressive" income tax in this country and we already re-distribute wealth; sickening. Read on McBeth...

From The National Tax Payers Union:

For Tax Year 2007

Percentiles Ranked by AGI	AGI Threshold on Percentiles	Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1%	$410,096	40.42
Top 5%	$160,041	60.63
Top 10%	$113,018	71.22
Top 25%	$66,532	86.59
Top 50%	$32,879	97.11
Bottom 50%	<$32,879	2.89
Note: AGI is Adjusted Gross Income Source: Internal Revenue Service

For Tax Year 2006

Percentiles Ranked by AGI	AGI Threshold on Percentiles	Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1%	$388,806	39.89
Top 5%	$153,542	60.14
Top 10%	$108,904	70.79
Top 25%	$64,702	86.27
Top 50%	$31,987	97.01
Bottom 50%	<$31,987	2.99
Note: AGI is Adjusted Gross Income Source: Internal Revenue Service

For Tax Year 2005

Percentiles Ranked by AGI	AGI Threshold on Percentiles	Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1%	$364,657	39.38
Top 5%	$145,283	59.67
Top 10%	$103,912	70.30
Top 25%	$62,068	85.99
Top 50%	$30,881	96.93
Bottom 50%	<$30,881	3.07
Note: AGI is Adjusted Gross Income Source: Internal Revenue Service

For Tax Year 2004

Percentiles Ranked by AGI	AGI Threshold on Percentiles	Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1%	$328,049	36.89
Top 5%	$137,056	57.13
Top 10%	$99,112	68.19
Top 25%	$60,041	84.86
Top 50%	$30,122	96.70
Bottom 50%	<$30,122	3.30
Note: AGI is Adjusted Gross Income Source: Internal Revenue Service

For Tax Year 2003

Percentiles Ranked by AGI	AGI Threshold on Percentiles	Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1%	$295,495	34.27
Top 5%	$130,080	54.36
Top 10%	$94,891	65.84
Top 25%	$57,343	83.88
Top 50%	$29,019	96.54
Bottom 50%	<$29,019	3.46
Note: AGI is Adjusted Gross Income Source: Internal Revenue Service

For Tax Year 2002

Percentiles Ranked by AGI	AGI Threshold on Percentiles	Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1%	$285,424	33.71
Top 5%	$126,525	53.80
Top 10%	$92,663	65.73
Top 25%	$56,401	83.90
Top 50%	$28,654	96.50
Bottom 50%	<$28,654	3.50
Note: AGI is Adjusted Gross Income Source: Internal Revenue Service

For Tax Year 2001

Percentiles Ranked by AGI	AGI Threshold on Percentiles	Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid
Top 1%	$292,913	33.89
Top 5%	$127,904	53.25
Top 10%	$92,754	64.89
Top 25%	$56,085	82.90
Top 50%	$28,528	96.03
Bottom 50%	<$28,528	3.97
Note: AGI is Adjusted Gross Income Source: Internal Revenue Service

For Tax Year 2000

Notice the source is the internal revenue service (IRS)The bottom 50% of this country only pay 2.89% of the tax BURDEN in 2007, tell me our Federal Government has not been incrementally moving towards socialism and centralizing power.

As to Nationalizing or subsidizing healthcare by the Federal Government: UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare are all UNCONSTITUIONAL!!

The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

There you have it in black and white, if the U.S. Constitution does not explicitly grant a power to the Federal Government, nor specifically prohibit it to the States, it belongs to the States or the people. This means the States can individually take up these social programs, if their Constitution allows it and the people of the state want it.

All those that think there is an individual right are wrong and need to immigrate to the many social/commie countries that already exist, or they need to work to AMEND THE CONSTITUTION!

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